Notice is hereby given of the 75th Annual General Meeting of Surf Life Saving Queensland North Queensland Branch Inc.

The Board calls for Notices of Motions and any other business to be conducted at that meeting and advises that the following NQ Board positions are available for nomination in 2025.

Director Positions – 2-year term each

• Deputy President
• Director of Administration
• Director of Surf Sports
• Director of Junior Activities

Board of Life Saving Positions – 1-year term

• Education Officer
• Marine Stinger Officer
• IRB Officer

Nominations for Board Positions are required to be received at the Branch Office no later than 5.00pm Friday 21st February 2025.

Nomination Forms:

• Nomination for Branch Officers and Committees Form
• Nomination for Directors Form 2025

Email your nomination to the Director of Administration at nqbsecretary@lifesaving.com.au Alternatively, you can hand deliver your nomination to the Branch Office between 8:00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday.

For Board Position Descriptions and Nomination Forms please click the link below.

• NQ - About Us - Surf Life Saving Queensland

Alternatively contact the Branch office by email at northqueensland@lifesaving.com.au to request the forms.

INFORMATION:

Surf Life Saving Queensland wishes to encourage nominees from a broad range of membership across the spectrum of the organisation, both operationally and geographically.  SLSQ is a diverse member-based organisation operating in an increasingly complex regulatory and commercial environment.  

In addition to the core business of supporting surf lifesaving operations, the organisation operates a number of commercial businesses which generate “profit for purpose” to support the core function and delivery of the organisation’s mission and strategic objectives.  

It is therefore critical that the Board is comprised of highly skilled individuals with a diversity of skills, experience and background.  The Council, in consultation with the Board, maintains a Skills Matrix against which applications will be assessed in order to achieve an appropriate balance on the Board. 

BOARD SKILLS MATRIX:

• Commercial Strategy Development and Implementation 
• NFP Strategy Development and Implementation 
• Governance and Policy 
• Government Network/Public Policy Influence 
• Finance 
• IT 
• Business Development 
• Fundraising in NFP setting 
• Risk 
• Legal 
• Asset Management/Development 
• Government 
• Volunteer and Membership 
• Director Experience 
• Marketing Experience 
• Communications & Public Relations 
• Sponsorship and Partner Engagement 

BOARD ELECTION PROCESS: 

Nominations shall be called for by the company secretary fifty-six (56) days prior to the Annual General Meeting. When calling for nominations, the company secretary shall also provide details of the necessary qualifications and job descriptions for the position. Qualifications and job descriptions for Board positions shall be as determined by the Board from time to time. 

Nominations must be: 

• in writing; 
• on the prescribed form provided for that purpose; 
• signed by a nominator and a seconder, who must be Individual Members; 
• certified by the nominee expressing their willingness to accept the position for which they are nominated, and further that they are not disqualified (or facing disqualification) from being eligible to be elected; and 
• received by the company secretary at least twenty-eight (28) days prior to the Annual General Meeting and shall be sent to the members entitled to receive notice under this Constitution of the Annual General Meeting with the agenda for that General Meeting. 
• Subject to nominees meeting the qualifications as recommended by the Board and ratified by the Council from time to time, nominations for Director are open to any person who is a member of an Affiliated Club, Branch or is otherwise recognised by SLSQ as a member and who is not: 
  • an employee of SLSQ, Branch, Affiliated Club or a subsidiary of SLSQ; or 
  • a director or committee member or other senior office holder of or in a Branch; or 
  • a State Officer or State Adviser 

The Elected Directors shall be elected by the Council at the Annual General Meeting from amongst nominations submitted to the Company Secretary in accordance with this Constitution for terms of two (2) years, which shall commence from the conclusion of the AGM at which the election occurred until the conclusion of the second AGM following. 

The election of Directors shall be by the preferential ballot system, and shall be by secret ballot. All Directors must be elected by a majority of votes even if they are the only nominee for a position. 

The President, Director of Finance and two (2) of the Directors shall be elected in each year of even number and the Deputy President and the two (2) other Directors shall be elected in each year of odd number. 

Subject to clause 20(h) all Directors can only hold office for three (3) consecutive terms of two (2) years (for a total of six (6) consecutive years). A person who has served six (6) consecutive years as a Director and who becomes ineligible to continue to serve a further term becomes eligible again after the expiry of two (2) years from the end of their term. 

Where an Elected Director is subsequently elected to the position of President, Deputy President or Director of Finance, they may hold the later elected office for a period of not more than three (3) further consecutive two year terms, provided that in no circumstances shall an Elected Director serve on the Board for a period exceeding twelve (12) consecutive years. 

Should any adjustment to the term of Directors elected under this Constitution be necessary to ensure rotational terms in accordance with the Constitution, this shall be determined by the Board by lot.  Elections to subsequent Boards shall then proceed in accordance with the procedures in these Rules with approximately half the elected Board members retiring each year.